Welcome to Prowers ...Prowers is located in Bent County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Prowers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. Prowers is 3,690 feet [1,125 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Prowers is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Prowers lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Prowers, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Prowers: 719 Communities near Prowers ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prowers.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Prowers. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prowers. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prowers. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prowers. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prowers. See our Newspapers Page for Prowers. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prowers ...Looking for more information about Prowers? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Prowers, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prowers. Adding Prowers to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Prowers in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Prowers was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Prowers. Footnotes ...
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